Description
The security discourse is dominated by the traditional state-centric paradigm which privileges the territorial defence of a country against armed attack from foreign countries. For most people in Asia - a continent that counts for more than half of the world's population - the greatest threats to security come from disease, hunger, environmental contamination, crime and localized violence. For some, a still greater threat may come from their own government itself, rather than from an 'external' adversary. [READ MORE...]

Authors/EditorsRamesh Thakur is Vice Rector of the United Nations University, Tokyo and Head of
the Peace and Governance Programme. Edward Newman is an academic officer in the
Peace and Governance Programme at the United Nations University.

Contents

Non-traditional security in Asia Introduction

Social and economic perspectives:
Globalization and human development: The cases of Pakistan and India